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Mormon Stories Podcast

257: Dustin Jones and the Lingering Legacy of the LDS Negro Doctrine Pt. 2

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.55.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2011

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Dustin Jones, a black active latter-day saint, about the unique challenges of growing up Mormon as one who has African ancestry. Dustin practices law in Arizona, is married to an interracial woman (Chinese Mexican) and has 4 children.

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0:00.0

Come, come, you saints, no toil, no labor fear.

0:27.7

And so there's that comfort that you get that.

0:29.6

And so I questioned that.

0:31.3

I wondered about that for a long time through high school.

0:34.1

When I got to college, I remember talking to my institute.

0:38.5

I loved institute as well as one of those.

0:40.0

Again, I'm trying to live everything with exactness.

0:42.2

I'm going to institute, taking every class I

0:43.9

can fit into my schedule to learn the gospel,

0:46.7

preparing to go on a mission.

0:49.2

I remember talking to my institute teachers about it,

0:51.9

them being very, very knowledgeable about gospel and the scriptures.

0:57.4

And they always thought this was kind of puzzling as well.

1:00.2

They've never heard of a blessing that just says, just says,

1:02.7

your adoption is real, but no tribe.

1:04.2

And they're like, yeah, you probably should have a tribe.

1:06.1

Everyone is of a tribe.

1:07.6

I've never heard of anyone not being of a tribe.

1:09.9

And so here again, I haven't heard of that.

1:13.1

And so here I'm going to get destined.

1:14.2

It's different.

1:14.7

Best is different.

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